UNIT OBJECTIVES

To encourage the students to envisage the situations which refugee children live through, and the conditions in which they now live. To stimulate empathy for children who are trying to cope and adjust their recent memories of their refugee experiences.

Display: Two groups of artwork are on display - the first group is a collection of artwork depicting their experiences by refugee children, and the second group includes prints and reproductions by painters such as Renoir and Gauguin.

Refugee and returnee children in Southern Africa: Perceptions and experiences of violence (Pretoria, UNHCR, 2005) Available from UNHCR Regional Office, P.O. Box 12506, The Tramshed 0126, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa,